You may have heard that women can ovulate with the moon cycles, but is it really true? Some studies have actually been done on this topic, and they have, for the most part, been inconclusive. I am convinced that it is real though, because it happened to me!
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Natural Remedies for Illness
Ewan is 20 months now and has started attending a Montessori school's toddler class four mornings per week. I knew that hanging around with a dozen other toddlers would lead to his picking up some germs, but I figured that wasn't a reason to deprive him of the rich learning environment that the school provides. Now, he's home sick, and we can feel ourselves coming down with it too. Oh well. Time to put on the comfy nursing top and make chicken soup.
Here are some of my natural remedies when we are sick:
1) Breastfeeding (of course!)
Milk is naturally antimicrobial, so what better medicine could I possibly give Ewan than my own milk? Ewan seems to know that milk is what he needs, because whenever he gets sick all he wants to do is nurse. He will shun most food and just want to nurse all day. I let him nurse whenever he wants to, especially when he is sick. He will even begin to have newborn poop. Remember that yellow watery poop? I had almost forgotten about it until he had a stomach virus a few months ago and all he would take in was my milk. He had bright yellow poop for days!
2) Chicken Soup
Real homemade chicken soup, not the stuff in a can, has documented healing properties too. I use the recipe in Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook that my mother gave me when I moved out of the house. It's a great recipe. My husband says it's the best chicken soup he's ever had.
Rough Chicken Soup Recipe:
It starts with a whole 3 to 4 pound chicken cut into quarters (use a large sharp knife), 1/2 cup of chopped onion, and 1 bay leaf put into a medium stock pot and covered in water. Use filtered water for best taste. Simmer covered for 2 hours. Remove chicken and bones. Then, the rest is up to you. Add whatever chopped veggies and herbs you like: parsley, carrots, parsnips, celery, kale, etc. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add whatever noodles you like and simmer until done. We like bowtie noodles or egg noodles. Return chicken pieces (removed from bone) to soup and heat through.
The great thing is, you can remove the bones and simmer them again for more nutrient-packed bone broth. Remove all useable meat from the bones and place the bones back into a stock pot. Fill with filtered water. Add 1 bay leaf. Add 1/2 cup chopped onion. Simmer on the stove for 12 hours or longer. Strain and keep in the fridge for about 1 week. Drink it warm or use it in any recipe calling for broth. If you don't like the idea of a pot simmering on your stove for 12 hours you can make this in a crockpot or slowcooker on a low setting.
3) Honey Lemon "Tea"
Ewan's throat has been really sore for the past few days, so I've been making him a warm "tea" of honey and lemon. Honey coats the throat and lemon helps too. I can't find any research to support this, but it's an old folk remedy, just like chicken soup. My husband's throat is sore now, and he says the tea worked for him.
Recipe:
Heat (not boil) about 8 oz of filtered water. In a mug, add 1 heaping teaspoon of honey and the juice of 1/2 a lemon. Stir in hot water. I make 1/2 recipes for Ewan, since he will only drink about 4 oz.
4) Garlic and Orange Juice shots
Doctors are now realizing that we should not be taking chemical antibiotics for every sniffle. They knock out good bacteria in the body as well as bad, and may not even do anything for your cold! I've started using garlic instead. Raw garlic is a natural broad spectrum antibiotic with no side effects besides temporary bad breath and possibly mild heart burn. Take with food to reduce the chance of heart burn. I haven't given this to Ewan because he breastfeeds, and he doesn't really care for garlic anyway. My husband and I just took garlic and orange juice shots to boost our immune systems. Cooked garlic loses its antibiotic effects, so the garlic must be raw.
Recipe:
Finely chop 1 - 2 large garlic cloves. Allow to sit for a few minutes until pungent. That garlic smell is caused by allicin, the oil that is released when the inside of the clove touches air. This is what has the antibiotic properties. Place garlic in a small glass. Cover with 2 oz OJ. Shoot it!
Or, you could chop a few cloves up in a blender before adding frozen fruit, OJ, and yogurt for a smoothie. However you take it, it's best not to try to chew the garlic bits. The flavor of raw garlic is pretty intense. Just swallow them.
Here are some of my natural remedies when we are sick:
1) Breastfeeding (of course!)
Milk is naturally antimicrobial, so what better medicine could I possibly give Ewan than my own milk? Ewan seems to know that milk is what he needs, because whenever he gets sick all he wants to do is nurse. He will shun most food and just want to nurse all day. I let him nurse whenever he wants to, especially when he is sick. He will even begin to have newborn poop. Remember that yellow watery poop? I had almost forgotten about it until he had a stomach virus a few months ago and all he would take in was my milk. He had bright yellow poop for days!
2) Chicken Soup
Real homemade chicken soup, not the stuff in a can, has documented healing properties too. I use the recipe in Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook that my mother gave me when I moved out of the house. It's a great recipe. My husband says it's the best chicken soup he's ever had.
Rough Chicken Soup Recipe:
It starts with a whole 3 to 4 pound chicken cut into quarters (use a large sharp knife), 1/2 cup of chopped onion, and 1 bay leaf put into a medium stock pot and covered in water. Use filtered water for best taste. Simmer covered for 2 hours. Remove chicken and bones. Then, the rest is up to you. Add whatever chopped veggies and herbs you like: parsley, carrots, parsnips, celery, kale, etc. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add whatever noodles you like and simmer until done. We like bowtie noodles or egg noodles. Return chicken pieces (removed from bone) to soup and heat through.
The great thing is, you can remove the bones and simmer them again for more nutrient-packed bone broth. Remove all useable meat from the bones and place the bones back into a stock pot. Fill with filtered water. Add 1 bay leaf. Add 1/2 cup chopped onion. Simmer on the stove for 12 hours or longer. Strain and keep in the fridge for about 1 week. Drink it warm or use it in any recipe calling for broth. If you don't like the idea of a pot simmering on your stove for 12 hours you can make this in a crockpot or slowcooker on a low setting.
3) Honey Lemon "Tea"
Ewan's throat has been really sore for the past few days, so I've been making him a warm "tea" of honey and lemon. Honey coats the throat and lemon helps too. I can't find any research to support this, but it's an old folk remedy, just like chicken soup. My husband's throat is sore now, and he says the tea worked for him.
Recipe:
Heat (not boil) about 8 oz of filtered water. In a mug, add 1 heaping teaspoon of honey and the juice of 1/2 a lemon. Stir in hot water. I make 1/2 recipes for Ewan, since he will only drink about 4 oz.
4) Garlic and Orange Juice shots
Doctors are now realizing that we should not be taking chemical antibiotics for every sniffle. They knock out good bacteria in the body as well as bad, and may not even do anything for your cold! I've started using garlic instead. Raw garlic is a natural broad spectrum antibiotic with no side effects besides temporary bad breath and possibly mild heart burn. Take with food to reduce the chance of heart burn. I haven't given this to Ewan because he breastfeeds, and he doesn't really care for garlic anyway. My husband and I just took garlic and orange juice shots to boost our immune systems. Cooked garlic loses its antibiotic effects, so the garlic must be raw.
Recipe:
Finely chop 1 - 2 large garlic cloves. Allow to sit for a few minutes until pungent. That garlic smell is caused by allicin, the oil that is released when the inside of the clove touches air. This is what has the antibiotic properties. Place garlic in a small glass. Cover with 2 oz OJ. Shoot it!
Or, you could chop a few cloves up in a blender before adding frozen fruit, OJ, and yogurt for a smoothie. However you take it, it's best not to try to chew the garlic bits. The flavor of raw garlic is pretty intense. Just swallow them.
The Best Cure for Stress
Though he still has 4 months to go, Ewan has entered the Terrible (yet, Terrific, I'm sure!) Twos. The other day when we had an especially difficult time at a store, I realized another reason why breastfeeding a toddler is so great. When he is being difficult and we both lose our cool, it brings us both back down to a relaxed state, so that the frustrations we feel with each other can be resolved positively.
The other day, DH, DS and I were at a big box store. (I have a love-hate relationship with big box stores. Sometimes one-stop shopping is so convenient.) Ewan was so excited to be at the store that he did not want to sit in the cart, so he wandered around with us as I did my best to minimize the trail of destruction behind him.
All of the sudden, an object of interest caught Ewan's eye: a double-deck display of balls held up in a frame with bungee cords. He bolted for the display and climbed in! He went right between the bungee cords of the bottom layer and sat down in the middle of all of the balls, saying, "Balls! Balls!"
"Ewan, please come out of there. Let's pick one ball to carry with us, ok?" I said, calmly.
Nope.
"It's dangerous to be in there, Ewan. Let's come out, ok?"
No way.
He was in heaven, but I was exasperated.
We sat there for at least 5 minutes.
He was naming the colors of the balls and noticing the different textures on the balls, which was really cute, and I (begrudgingly) reinforced his communication as positively as I could, but he was inside of a display with 5 feet of playground balls suspended above his head, held up by only a few bungee cords. This was not a safe or appropriate activity.
I finally had to remove him from the display. He was so mad. I did my best to keep the calmest voice possible and explain that we needed to say "bye-bye" to the balls. We were both stressed out. I was embarrassed and frustrated, and he was annoyed and frustrated. I carried him out of the store and out to the car while he was squirming out of my arms and yelling. It's at this point that I became very self conscious and wondered if other people think that I can't handle my own kid. Those thoughts only add to my frustration.
At the car, he happily climbed into my lap in the front passenger's seat and nursed. I figured he might be a little hungry for a snack, but even if he wasn't hungry, he was upset, and nursing almost always is the best way to calm him down. But he wasn't the only one who needed to calm down.
It did the trick for both of us. DH came back out the the car about 10 minutes later with our stuff and Ewan and I were fine. No more tears--his or mine. The oxytocin was flowing and it completely reset our moods. Ewan got into his car seat with no protest. DH handed him a ball that he'd picked up from the display as a present and we drove home.
I don't really want to imagine how that scene would have ended without the ability to nurse ourselves back to sanity. It certainly would have involved more tears, more kicking and screaming, and more frustration with each other.
Breastfeeding saves us from staying mad at each other and it helps strengthen our relationship during the times when we need it most.
The other day, DH, DS and I were at a big box store. (I have a love-hate relationship with big box stores. Sometimes one-stop shopping is so convenient.) Ewan was so excited to be at the store that he did not want to sit in the cart, so he wandered around with us as I did my best to minimize the trail of destruction behind him.
All of the sudden, an object of interest caught Ewan's eye: a double-deck display of balls held up in a frame with bungee cords. He bolted for the display and climbed in! He went right between the bungee cords of the bottom layer and sat down in the middle of all of the balls, saying, "Balls! Balls!"
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| The display was similar to this, except it had balls on the top and bottom. |
"Ewan, please come out of there. Let's pick one ball to carry with us, ok?" I said, calmly.
Nope.
"It's dangerous to be in there, Ewan. Let's come out, ok?"
No way.
He was in heaven, but I was exasperated.
We sat there for at least 5 minutes.
He was naming the colors of the balls and noticing the different textures on the balls, which was really cute, and I (begrudgingly) reinforced his communication as positively as I could, but he was inside of a display with 5 feet of playground balls suspended above his head, held up by only a few bungee cords. This was not a safe or appropriate activity.
I finally had to remove him from the display. He was so mad. I did my best to keep the calmest voice possible and explain that we needed to say "bye-bye" to the balls. We were both stressed out. I was embarrassed and frustrated, and he was annoyed and frustrated. I carried him out of the store and out to the car while he was squirming out of my arms and yelling. It's at this point that I became very self conscious and wondered if other people think that I can't handle my own kid. Those thoughts only add to my frustration.
At the car, he happily climbed into my lap in the front passenger's seat and nursed. I figured he might be a little hungry for a snack, but even if he wasn't hungry, he was upset, and nursing almost always is the best way to calm him down. But he wasn't the only one who needed to calm down.
It did the trick for both of us. DH came back out the the car about 10 minutes later with our stuff and Ewan and I were fine. No more tears--his or mine. The oxytocin was flowing and it completely reset our moods. Ewan got into his car seat with no protest. DH handed him a ball that he'd picked up from the display as a present and we drove home.
I don't really want to imagine how that scene would have ended without the ability to nurse ourselves back to sanity. It certainly would have involved more tears, more kicking and screaming, and more frustration with each other.
Breastfeeding saves us from staying mad at each other and it helps strengthen our relationship during the times when we need it most.
February in Santa Barbara
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| California Live Oak leaves in the grass |
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| Ewan collecting flowers. Joe and a California Live Oak in the background. |
I'm loving the Santa Barbara winter!
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| Ewan's bouquet |
Have Yourself a Very Eco Holiday
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| Small wrapping bag (right) and Furoshiki wrapping cloth (left) |
The ancient Japanese art of Furoshiki may appeal to those who love to wrap presents. The Japanese love to wrap things up. I loved how store clerks wrapped up my items when I was in Tokyo a few years ago. Beautiful bags, tissue paper, and even stickers are a must for every purchase. However, before World War 2, Furoshiki wrapping was a common way to carry items around.
If you want a super-easy way to wrap presents that does not require scissors, tape, or any special skills, then a wrapping bag is for you. Just place your item in the bag and tie with a ribbon.
You don't have to choose which one you want to try, because I'll show you how to make both at the same time!
How to use 1 yard of fabric
to make Japanese Furoshiki cloth and 1 small wrapping bag.
Materials:
1 yard of quilting fabric in a desired print or color (36" x 45")
Thread in a matching color
Sewing Machine
Fabric Scissors
Pinking Shears
Pins
Iron
Project Board (optional)
Furoshiki Cloth (30" x 30" Wrapping Sheet)
Lay out 1 yard of quilting fabric. If you bought it at a fabric store, it should be 36 inches by 45 inches.
Starting at one corner, measure and cut out a 32" x 32" square. You should have an L-shaped scrap left over. Save this for making the bag later.
Lay one edge of your square out on an ironing board, wrong side up, and fold up about 1/2 and inch, ironing with steam to make it stay in place. Turn that edge up once more and iron again. Your cut edge of fabric is now hidden. Secure with one or two pins. You may want to stick a pin in each corner to hold it down flat.
Turn fabric and repeat with all four edges.
Sew all edges down. Be sure to sew into the corners to secure them.
Is Pseudoephedrine Safe for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding?
My sinuses hate me. I am prone to severe sinus headaches if I get the tiniest head cold. Before I had Ewan, I would just pop two Sudafed (pseudoephedrine) and two Tylenol (aceteminophen) and it would clear it up. Now, I have to use other methods.
Pseudoephedrine is known to decrease milk production by 24% with just one dose, according to Aljazaf et al, 2003. Wow!
The other day I woke up with a really bad sinus headache. I could barely open my eyes and I even felt a little nauseous when I got out of bed. It was so bad that my husband called him mom to come over and babysit while I stayed in bed a while. I am so grateful to have available grandparents nearby to allow me to sleep in when I need to.
I took two Tylenol, which are approved as safe, and a couple of spritzes of Afrin, also safe.
My doctor told me to try Afrin, or a similar over-the-counter nasal spray, when I told him I needed a reliable method of relief without risk. This works for me. I rarely have to take more than one dose.
(Note on Afrin: Follow the dosage directions carefully! Using it too frequently or for too long can cause even more congestion to occur.)
I was avoiding pseudoephedrine during pregnancy, too. We went to Park City, Utah for a week in January and stayed in a forced-air heated condo. My sinuses protested the dry air by giving me a headache. I tried hot tea. I tried a hot shower. I tried massaging my head. I even tried filling the sink with hot water and sanding over it with a towel over my head, breathing in the steam. I needed this website! I also needed Afrin. By the end of the day, the headache went away.
Although some doctors may say it is approved, not enough studies have been done to conclusively say that pseudoephedrine is safe for pregnancy. Tom Hale, the authority on medications and lactation (author of Medications and Mother's Milk) rates pseudoephedrine a "C" for pregnancy. This means "risk cannot be ruled out" because not enough studies have been done. Hale also rates it a L3 ("moderately safe") for occasional use but an L4 ("potentially hazardous") for chronic use.
The lactation ratings are probably based on it's known side effect of decreasing milk supply, not on its effect on the baby, but I'm not sure. The study by Aljazaf et al, 2003 previously mentioned says that less than 10% of the maternal dose gets to the breastfeeding baby, even if the mother takes the maximum amount allowed for a 24 hour period.
During pregnancy, the baby will receive significantly more of the dose taken by the mother, and some researchers believe there to be a risk of birth defects in multiple areas. Here's a midwife's discussion of the possible risks. And here is a listing from SafeFetus.com.
I am not taking an chances, so I will be avoiding pseudoephedrine for the foreseeable future.
Click here for a list of medications and their ratings on Kellymom.com.
Visit my Recommended Books page to buy Hale's book Medications and Mother's Milk through Amazon.
Pseudoephedrine is known to decrease milk production by 24% with just one dose, according to Aljazaf et al, 2003. Wow!
The other day I woke up with a really bad sinus headache. I could barely open my eyes and I even felt a little nauseous when I got out of bed. It was so bad that my husband called him mom to come over and babysit while I stayed in bed a while. I am so grateful to have available grandparents nearby to allow me to sleep in when I need to.
I took two Tylenol, which are approved as safe, and a couple of spritzes of Afrin, also safe.
My doctor told me to try Afrin, or a similar over-the-counter nasal spray, when I told him I needed a reliable method of relief without risk. This works for me. I rarely have to take more than one dose.
(Note on Afrin: Follow the dosage directions carefully! Using it too frequently or for too long can cause even more congestion to occur.)
I was avoiding pseudoephedrine during pregnancy, too. We went to Park City, Utah for a week in January and stayed in a forced-air heated condo. My sinuses protested the dry air by giving me a headache. I tried hot tea. I tried a hot shower. I tried massaging my head. I even tried filling the sink with hot water and sanding over it with a towel over my head, breathing in the steam. I needed this website! I also needed Afrin. By the end of the day, the headache went away.
Although some doctors may say it is approved, not enough studies have been done to conclusively say that pseudoephedrine is safe for pregnancy. Tom Hale, the authority on medications and lactation (author of Medications and Mother's Milk) rates pseudoephedrine a "C" for pregnancy. This means "risk cannot be ruled out" because not enough studies have been done. Hale also rates it a L3 ("moderately safe") for occasional use but an L4 ("potentially hazardous") for chronic use.
The lactation ratings are probably based on it's known side effect of decreasing milk supply, not on its effect on the baby, but I'm not sure. The study by Aljazaf et al, 2003 previously mentioned says that less than 10% of the maternal dose gets to the breastfeeding baby, even if the mother takes the maximum amount allowed for a 24 hour period.
During pregnancy, the baby will receive significantly more of the dose taken by the mother, and some researchers believe there to be a risk of birth defects in multiple areas. Here's a midwife's discussion of the possible risks. And here is a listing from SafeFetus.com.
I am not taking an chances, so I will be avoiding pseudoephedrine for the foreseeable future.
Click here for a list of medications and their ratings on Kellymom.com.
Visit my Recommended Books page to buy Hale's book Medications and Mother's Milk through Amazon.
The Reusable Revolution: 6 Products to Reduce Your Environmental Impact
The Disposable Revolution of the 20th century is over. We have realized that it's not sustainable for every single person to throw away every napkin, diaper, and bag that she uses. My mother-in-law said that in the 60s there were disposable paper dresses! I'm glad that fad never caught on. The great news is that 21st century entrepreneurs have jumped on the throw-back, reusable product bandwagon with modern style and technology.
I use cloth napkins, reusable shopping bags, cloth diapers, cloth nursing pads, washable menstrual pads, and handkerchiefs.
I use cloth napkins, reusable shopping bags, cloth diapers, cloth nursing pads, washable menstrual pads, and handkerchiefs.
Great kid finds from the 2011 Dwell On Design
This year's Dwell On Design showcased many innovative brands I already love such as Green Toys and Stokke, and introduced me to a few new ones.
I chose a few impressive brands that are new to me:
My Pick for Cutest Toys:
Bholu
Bholu
Australian designer Jodie Fried's funky stuffed toys were scattered all over the Dwell show--adding a soft whimsy to the hard modern lines. Her "creatures" are artisan produced and inspired by the drawings of underprivileged children in India. The word "bholu" is a term of endearment in Katchchhi and is intended to call to mind a child-like creativity. See the full collection of children's products on the company website.
The website says:
The Bholu philosophy is about creating beautiful products that we love and live with, while benefiting communities we work with along the way.Bholu has partnered with Manav Sadhna and Australian non-profit Architects Without Frontiers to build 10 schools for children in rural India.
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| Bholu Quinton Giraffes |
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| Bholu Fredrick Elephant and some Dwell Studios board books |
My pick for Coolest Graphics:
ferm LIVING
Ferm LIVING's Trine Anderson began wanting to provide affordable graphic wallpaper but now offers an impressive array of products for children and adults depicting beauty in the collision of the natural world with the human world.
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| Powerbirds wall art (image from www.ferm-living.com) |
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| Tiny Train wallpaper (image from www.ferm-living.com) |
I found this adorable ferm LIVING robot pillow hanging out on the couch in the Modern Family Zone. It would be a great for a technology-themed child's bedroom.
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| Mr Large Robot graphic pillow |
My Pick for Most Innovative Designs:
Gregg Fleishman
Gregg Fleishman's Playgoda was by far the most popular toy at the Dwell show's "Modern Family Zone". It was just begging to be climbed all over with its inviting curves and oh-so-tempting slide.
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| Playgoda (image from www.greggfleishman.com) |
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| Playgoda at the Dwell On Design "Modern Family Zone" |
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| Gregg Fleishman children's table and chairs |
Fleishman's unique designs are formed from interlocking puzzle-pieces, using no screws, nails, or fasteners of any kind. Also, they are complex geometrical expressions. His website says of his work:
Fleishman coined the term Rhombicube referring to a diamond panel form which is distilled out of a 3-D checkerboard of cubes. The various truncations of the Rhombicube form the orthogonal variations of Archimedean solids. The assembly of these solids in various configurations form the geometrical basis for his Shelter Systems.I would need to know more about math to fully understand that statement, but one can appreciate his structures as works of art without completely understanding his artistic process. But, mostly, they just look fun!
Breasts: Sex toys or Baby toys? Both!
I recently heard in an article on BBC News that an editor at Mother & Baby magazine in The UK bottle fed her babies because she didn't want to put her "fun bags" into a "bawling baby's mouth." Really?
My weight loss after pregnancy
Before I got pregnant, I was 130 lbs and wore a size 4. I gained 40 lbs while pregnant, which is over the recommended amount. Now, I have been breastfeeding for 7 1/2 months, and I am 120 lbs and a size 2. Some people might say this is great, but I'm not so sure.
Economics of Cloth Diapering
You may look at the up-front cost of modern cloth diapering systems and say, "This can't be cheaper than buying disposables." But, do the math.
Breastfeeding Laws
The National Conference of State Legislatures' website has a breakdown of all of the laws regarding the protection of breastfeeding in public and other matters related to breastfeeding.
I am excited to learn that the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act signed into law March 2010 requires employers to provide break time for a lactating mother to pump her milk for up to one year after the birth of her baby. Employers of 50 people or more have to provide some place other than a bathroom stall, by the way.
It is Federal Law that your employer must accommodate your need to feed your baby. View this PDF file on the Department of Labor's website for details.
Forty-four of the states in the US have laws protecting your right to feed your child anywhere in private or public space. Awesome!
The states that do NOT specifically protect the right to feed your child in public are:
Idaho
Nebraska
Michigan
Virginia
Michigan and Virginia have laws protecting breastfeeding from public indecency laws, but that doesn't mean you won't get kicked out of a restaurant for nursing your baby at the table, though.
Nebraska and Idaho exempt breastfeeding mothers from jury duty, but not much else.
If you live in one of these states you should write your state legislators and ask for a law that protects your right to feed your baby in a public area.
If you have been hassled in public about breastfeeding, don't put up with it!
I am excited to learn that the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act signed into law March 2010 requires employers to provide break time for a lactating mother to pump her milk for up to one year after the birth of her baby. Employers of 50 people or more have to provide some place other than a bathroom stall, by the way.
It is Federal Law that your employer must accommodate your need to feed your baby. View this PDF file on the Department of Labor's website for details.
Forty-four of the states in the US have laws protecting your right to feed your child anywhere in private or public space. Awesome!
The states that do NOT specifically protect the right to feed your child in public are:
Idaho
Nebraska
Michigan
Virginia
Michigan and Virginia have laws protecting breastfeeding from public indecency laws, but that doesn't mean you won't get kicked out of a restaurant for nursing your baby at the table, though.
Nebraska and Idaho exempt breastfeeding mothers from jury duty, but not much else.
If you live in one of these states you should write your state legislators and ask for a law that protects your right to feed your baby in a public area.
If you have been hassled in public about breastfeeding, don't put up with it!
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